The Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities hosted its inaugural dinner, featuring keynote speaker Gen. Colin Powell, at SIUE on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Four-hundred-sixty guests attended the event Thursday at SIUE's Meridian Ballroom. Read the Full Article  ...

Kicking things off in a big way, Ret. Gen. Colin Powell served as the guest speaker at the inaugural dinner for the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation. Four-hundred-sixty guests attended the event Thursday at SIUE's Meridian Ballroom. Read Full Article...

Edwardsville, IL – Madison County high school and middle school students will bring excitement to the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation (MJCHF) as they begin discussions around the MJCHF's four pillars - Respect, Dignity, Understanding and Forgiveness. High school students will meet at the MJCH for the Student Summit on Tue...

Edwardsville, IL – The Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation's (MJCHF) Inaugural dinner scheduled for March 31, 2016 is completely sold out, with 460 attendees. “We couldn’t be happier than to have filled every table two months before the event,” said President and Director Mannie Jackson. “The response ...

GODFREY – University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen will formally introduce Gen. Colin Powell at the Inaugural Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation’s Annual Dinner March 31 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Meridian Ballroom. The University of Illinois is a founding partner of Lewis and Clark Com...

Edwardsville, IL - More than 1,400 visitors have toured the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities (MJCH) since it opened on Dec. 1, 2015, and public reaction has been largely positive. Pictured at top, Carolyn Turner, Christiana Shaw and Harry Shaw, pose with a photo of Principal C.C. Jones, during Opening night of the MJCH. Above, a group of...

Edwardsville residents have plenty to look forward to in 2016. Several projects, including the Spray and Play Park (May 31), Planet Fitness (early January) and the SIUE Fire Station (August), will be completed and open to the public in the upcoming year. There’s plenty of other projects that have Mayor Hal Patton excited about the future. ...

EDWARDSVILLE — Plans for further development of the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities complex come with an economic impact of $81,014,203, according to a study by two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville economy professors. The Center was built with the goal of providing a space for community programming and educational opportuni...

Visitors enter the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities at the historic former Lincoln School on Main Street in Edwardsville Monday. The building has undergone a complete renovation.John Badman | The Telegraph Ed Hightower, left, greets visitors Monday, welcoming them to the open house of the Mannie Jackson Center for the...

A little more than a year after its ground breaking ceremony, the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities is ready to open. From 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, the public is invited to an open house at the facility, which is located at 1210 North Main St. in Edwardsville. Visitors will be able to tour the facility and light refreshments will be ...

A century ago, Edwardsville’s black students marched into the tall brick building on North Main Street each day for lessons under the cloud of segregation. Now lessons will resume, but with a different purpose. In 1912, the county’s brick office building on North Main Street was designated as the segregated school for black childr...

Edwardsville, IL – Visitors are invited to preview the new Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities during an Open House event Dec. 7. The building, located at 1210 N. Main St. in Edwardsville, Illinois, will be open from 1-6 p.m. for tours. Light refreshments will be served as visitors make their way through the halls that were once part of...

Edwardsville, IL – Gen. Colin L. Powell, one of the most admired, respected leaders in American history, will launch the speaker series for the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities in Edwardsville. On March 31, 2016, Powell will be the guest speaker at the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation’s (MJCHF) inaugural dinn...

EDWARDSVILLE — Call it a $20 million salute to human dignity — that’s how much Edwardsville benefactor Mannie Jackson is prepared to spend on a project that could transform the community’s Main Street in the next two years. As the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities prepares to open Dec. 1 in the former Lincoln Schoo...

Edwardsville, IL – The historic Lincoln School will reopen its doors on Dec. 1, 2015 under a new name and with a new mission. The former school is now home to the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities, which aims to conduct activities that promote mutual understanding and respect among people of different cultures, races, ethnicities, rel...